Razor



March 15,1927. 1,620,901

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both cutting edges stantially at rig Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

WILLIAM: KITZUL, OF HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN.

It is an object a razor having a removable blade either side PATENT OFFICE.

RAZOR.

Application filed August 18, 1926. Serial No. 129,920.

of this invention to provide of which may be employed for shavin and the blade so supported that both sides of may be stropped with the blade in the supporting arms of the razor.

A second object of the invention is to provide a razor having lateral guides against each of which one side of the blade adjacent to one of its cutting edges rests, means for adjusting the eral guides against the to provide tension of these latblade, and to pivotally mount. the guides so that they may be swung outwards away from the blade when the latter is to be stropped. Another object of the invention is to provide a razor having a roller therein to support a removable strop,

supporting arms and to so mount the for the blade that they may be swung sideways in either direction with the blade still held between 7 cutting edges of the blade may the arms.

while held by them so that the be sharpened A further object of the invention is to provide a razor having so arranged that they blade supporting arms will hold a blade between them with the width of the latter subshaving, or with stantially in line with provide a razor t angles to the arms for the width of the blade subthe arms for stropthe invention is to blade so mounted be removed by merely releasing catches in said arms, and

without taking Figure 1 illustrates the razor apart.

a side view of the invention with the blade in position for shaving.

Figure 2 shows a side tion with one of the lateral outwards and the stropping Flgure view of the invenguides swung blade in position for 3 shows an end view of the invention with the removable strop in position.

Figure 4 is a of Figure 1.

Figure 5 and part of the Figure 6 is a detail,

section on the line IV-IV is an enlarged view of a catch blade.

also enlarged, and

Figure 7 shows a modified form of catch and portion ofa blade.

In the drawings,

ing end plates 2 holes" 3 and-"4 ends 5 and 6 of 1 indicates a frame havthereon. These plates have therethrough to support the the upper and lower. rollers preferably made in the upper roller 7,

usually integral therewith, are supporting 9' arms 12.11aving multi-sided holes 13 through their lower ends. Catches 16 having multisided portions 1.7 which slide through the holes 13 are mounted in the arms. Between the supporting arms is a blade 14 having recesses 15 in-its ends. The catches have knobs 18 at their outer ends, enlarged inner ends 19 which take into the recesses 15 in the ends of the blade, and slots 20 in the faces of the ends 19 into which the bottom of the recesses 15 fit. Each inner end 19 may have either one or two slots therein, when two slots are provided they should be substantially at right angles to one another. The enlarged ends 19 are connected to the multi-sided portions 17 by shanks 21 around which latter springs 22 are arranged. These springs bear against the inner side of the supporting arms and the back of the enlarged portions thereby tending to hold the latter in engagement with the ends of the blade.

Substantially centrally of the frame 1 one end of the handle 23 is secured. Adjacent to its fixed end the handle is threaded as shown at 24 for the nut 25. Around the latter a yoke 26 is welded or otherwise secured. Integral with the yoke are lugs 27 to which members 28 are pivotally fastened. Each side of the frame 1 at its lower end has a lateral guide 29 hinged thereto, and each guide is provided with lugs 30 to which the opposite end of one of the members 28 is pivotally secured. When the nut 25 is screwed down in proximity to the frame the members 28 force the guides 29 against the sides of the blade 14 in proximity to their cutting edges, thereby supporting the blade when in use for shaving. ese guides are skeleton form, that is provided with openin s 31 therein, for the sake of lightness, an the edges 32 of the guides are usually serrated.

When the nut 25 is screwed away from the frame the members 28 cause the guides 29 to swing outwards. When the guides are in this posltion the supporting arms 12 are free to swing with the roller 8, but before the arms are turned the blade should be placed in line with them. In order to do this when the enlarged outer ends 19 of the enough to be turned t e distance between them is greater than the length of the blade between its recesses. When catches with single slots are employed the, Inulti-sided holes and multi-sided catch portions must be square in cross section.

Figure 7 indicates a modified catch 16 which may be utilized on one of the supporting arms 12, and is held rigid with the latter. The catch has two slots 20 at right angles to one another across the face of its enlarged end 19*, its shank 21 is larger than the multi-sided hole 13 in the arm 12, and its outer end 16 is threaded to receive a dummy knob 18*. In this case also the portion 17 must be so held in the hole 13 that the catch cannot turn therein. i

The removable strop 11 is inserted when required over the roller 7 and as it is moved backwards and forwards both sides of one cutting edge of the blade are sharpened, because each time the direction of the strop movement is reversed the blade swings in the arms 12. In order to sharpen the other cutting edge the blade must be removed from between the catches 16 and turned through 180 degrees.

While in the foregoing the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described and shown, it is understood that the construction is susceptible to such modifications as fall withinthe scope. of the appended claims. I

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a razor, the combination of a frame having end plates integral'therewith and a handle secured thereto, rollers. mounted between said end plates, supporting arms extending from one of said rollers, a blade mounted between the outer ends of said arms, and lateral guides pivotally mounted one on each side of said frame, each guide being adapted to bear against said blade in proximity to one of its lateral edges.

2. In a razor, the combination of a frame having end plates integral therewith and a handle attached thereto, rollers mounted between said end plates, means for causing said rollers to rotate together but in opp'osite directions, supporting 'arms extending from one of said rollers, the other roller being adapted to be rotated by frictional contact from a removable strop, a blade mounted between said arms, lateral guides pivotally mounted one on each side of said frame, and means for swinging said guides.

3. In a razor, the combination of a frame having a handle secured thereto, lateral guides pivotally mounted one on eaclr side of said frame, end plates on said frame, rollers mounted between said end plates, supporting arms extending from one of said rollers, a blade supported between saidarms, lateral guides pivotally mounted one on each side of said frame said handle being threaded adjacent to said frame, a nut on said thread, a yoke around said nut, and members pivotally connected to said yoke and said lateral guides so that the longitudinal movement of said nut when rotated on said handle will, impart pivotal movement to said lateral guides.

4. In a razor, the combination of a frame having a handle secured thereto, end plates integral with said frame, rollers mounted in said end plates, means for causin said rollers to rotate together but in opposite directions, supporting arms integral with one of said rollers, catches held against rotation through the outer ends of said supporting arms, a blade the ends of which are held by said catches, and lateral guides on the sides of said frame adapted to bear against said blade in proximity to its lateral edges.

5. In a razor, the combination of a frame having a handle secured thereto, side plates integral with said frame, rollers mounted in said frame, supporting arms integral with one of said rollers and having openings through their outer ends, catches through said openings, knobs on the outer ends of said catches, enlarged inner ends on said catches having slots in their inner faces, means for preventing said catches rotating in said arms, means for tending to force said catches inwards, a blade having recesses in its ends, said catch inner ends engaging said recesses so that the bottoms of the latter take into said slots, and lateral guides on said frame.

' WILLIAM KITZUL. 

